Accountant at OBIDA

Work Arrangement: On-site in Lagos for physical stock checks.

Job Overview

At OBIDA, original African prints become clothing handcrafted in Nigeria. You’ll keep the books reliable and make the value and cost of every piece visible, from raw materials to finished stock. Working with Finance, Operations and Production, you’ll help the business understand its margins and resolve stock discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Process payables, track receivables and reconcile bank, cash and payment accounts.
• Cost raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods down to each SKU.
• Coordinate weekly cycle counts and monthly stock reconciliations with Operations.
• Investigate stock variances and track waste, COGS and gross margins.
• Deliver monthly books, inventory reports and supporting records for filings.

Requirements

• 4-8 years of experience
• Accounting degree or HND
• Hands-on inventory accounting
• SKU-level product costing
• Stock variance investigation
• Bookkeeping and reconciliations
• SKU-level costing of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods
• Physical stock reconciliation and variance investigation
• Product and channel gross-margin analysis
• Separate-entity bookkeeping and ledger reconciliations
• Spreadsheet-based costing and reporting
• Accounting software and ERP inventory records
• Timely monthly books and inventory reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• ICAN or ACCA qualification
• ERP implementation
• Fashion or manufacturing experience

What the Role Offers

• Work closely with the Finance Lead, Operations and Production. Investigate stock differences together rather than posting unexplained adjustments; keep each business’s records separate and supported by reconciliations.